Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879 containing about 52 species in6 genera. Most are endemic to Australia though Doliomalus and Trochanteria are from South America and Plator is from Asia. Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands with one species, P. walteri, introduced to Australia. Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: Doliomalus Simon, 1897 – Chile Hemicloea Thorell, 1870 – Australia, New Zealand Plator Simon, 1880 – Asia Platyoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 – Africa Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil Vectius Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina See also List of Trochanteriidae species References External links Picture of a Platyoides sp. from South Africa Araneomorphae families